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Kritik atas Determinisme dalam Model Transisi Demokrasi
Nanto Sriyanto

Abstract
Democratization has spilled over to many new transitional countries. Democratization is a model firstly stated by Rustow in 1970’s to distinguish it from democracy. The Model assumes that genesis and function of democracy is different. The model emphasizes dynamic role of strategic actors or elite to promote democratization through bargaining process. Since then, the model has been modified with some ad-hoc argument taken from new evidences. Since the model only give emphasize to dynamic role of strategic actors, it has produce deterministic conclusion. The determinism of the model is caused by disregard of structural and non-political factor. If the model is deterministic, can the liberal democracy that taken as ideal purpose of democratic transition unbounded from determinism of the model? Is there another model of democracy that contains local aspect of many transition states?


Comparison of the Political Perceptions between Radical Islam and Moderate Islam in Indonesia in the Reform Era
Firman Noor

Abstrak
Era reformasi telah menjadi saksi bagi munculnya beragam bentuk pemikiran dan aksi politik yang dilakukan oleh umat Islam di Indonesia. Secara umum aksi dan pemikiran itu diwakili oleh dua model pandangan, yakni pandangan radikal dan moderat. Kalangan radikal, yang dalam tulisan ini diwakili oleh beberapa ormas Islam kontemporer berpandangan bahwa agama Islam memiliki sebuah alternatif yang kongkrit bagi bangsa Indonesia untuk menuju sebuah perubahan, sehingga sudah sepantasnya jika ajaran Islam diaplikasikan secara kaffah (menyeluruh). Sementara kalangan moderat, yang diwakili oleh partai politik Islam, meski secara umum menyetujui bahwa Islam memiliki konsep didalam kehidupan politik, berpandangan bahwa aplikasi yang hendaknya dilakukan harus bersifat kontekstual dengan melihat kenyataan sejarah dan keragaman sosial dan budaya bangsa. Tulisan ini berupaya untuk membedah pemikiran politik kedua kelompok ini dengan mengetengahkan persepsi keduanya seputar masalah peran Islam dalam politik, hubungan syari’ah dan negara, keberadaan Pancasila dan demokrasi.


Pemerintahan Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan Politik Luar Negeri Indonesia
Ratna Shofi Inayati

Abstract
In his early presidential time President SBY took a series of visits to Australia, New Zealand and East Timor following his visit to Malaysia and Singapore a month before as his first step to start the Indonesian Diplomacy. In the next step, he also prepare to visit US and EU during May 2005. It indicates that President SBY still continues the basic strategy in the implementation of Indonesian Foreign Policy by President Megawati. Since the New Order government, Indonesia has adopt the Concentric Circle Formula as the base theory in the implementation of Indonesian Foreign Policy, putting emphasis on relation with countries within a series of concentric circles. The first concentric circle is ASEAN which is regarded as the corner stone of Indonesian foreign policy.The second circle, Indonesia puts a special emphasis on promoting relations with it’s Eastern and Southern neighbour, bringing Indonesian engagement with the Pacific Islands Forum, The South West Pacific Dialogue and the Tripartite Consultation between Indonesia, Australia and East Timor. Within the second concentric circle also includes Japan, China and South Korea in the ASEAN+3 forum.Beyond that, Indonesia puts in important attention to the relation with its major economic partners as US and EC, as regarded as the third concentric circle.


Politik Luar Negeri Pemerintahan Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono terhadap Eropa
Agus R. Rahman

Abstract
The aims of this paper is to explain the important of Europe in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono foreign policy. The approach of this research is based on individual factor as determinant factor that effect Indonesian foreign policy which is conseptualized in four components. The result of this research is Europe is not the main priority in Indonesian foreign policy under President SBY because Europe does not have clear position due to their several domestic problems and because the main priority in Indonesian foreign policy is based on two pillars of regionalism, such as ASEAN and APEC.


Diplomasi Belanda dan Indonesia dalam Sengketa Irian Barat, 1949-1950: Sebuah Kajian Historis
Siswanto

Abstract
This article would like to understand the history of diplomacy of Dutch and Indonesia in West Papua dispute in 1949 to 1950. According to historical documents, West Papua dispute has begun since Round Table Conference in 1949. In that Conference, the delegation of Dutch and Indonesian agreed to renegotiate West Papua problem one year after the Conference. In April 1950, Dutch and Indonesia negotiated the problem in Jakarta, but both countries could not produce a significant commitment. In December 1950 Dutch and Indonesia held a Special Conference in Hague in order to solve the problem, but once again they are failed. The peace proposal which is introduced by both countries is so contradicted one another. At last, West Papua dispute could not be negotiated successfully because Dutch did not have serious intention to transfer West Papua to Indonesia.


Konflik Elite Politik di Pedesaan: Relasi antara Badan Perwakilan Desa dan Pemerintah Desa
Heru Cahyono

Abstract
Rural Representative Body (Badan Perwakilan Desa) claims their institutions bring the people aspirations, but in reality BPD shows themselves as an elitist and failed to express people’s voice. Large authority that is possessed by BPD, such as suggesting the regent to dismiss the head of the village from his job, has been endorsed the grow of politicization of BPD by its members. This new uniformity policy has caused a dilemma, because not all village in Indonesia are ready to take representative democracy model. The rule of law assumes village as an administrative units and extremely formal. It also simplificate the heterogenity or plurality of villages in Indonesia, such as ignoring the variety of local milieu and local condition, cultural differences, and social structure differences in society.


Sikap Indonesia dalam Menghadapi Kejahatan Lintas Negara: Illegal Logging di Kalbar dan Kaltim
Awani Irewati

Abstract
In Indonesia, illegal logging is a massive problem that never ending. It is the problem that has resulted in demoralizing the rule of law and substantial revenues to the state. It is the cause of forest crimes, and has serious economic and social implications to the poor societies in the border. Therefore, the activites of illegal logging and illegal border trade in the Indonesia-Malaysia border have to be eradicated as soon as possible. In responding the problem, the two actors (government and non government) have to build cooperation in coping with this problem. Beside that, the government has to be able to take personal approach to the Malaysian government in dealing with this problem. This paper presents the mapping of illegal logging in the Kalbar, Kaltim – Sarawak, Sabah border lines, and answer the question of what responses the government and non government take in that problem.


Dinamika Minoritas Muslim di Amerika Serikat
Indriana Kartini

Abstract
The September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States has become the tragedy for American society, including muslim minority in America. In the days following September 11, many people in America points a finger at a Muslim terror suspect. Muslims and people from various ethnic who appeared to be of Middle Eastern decent become the victims of discrimination and harrasment. The tragedy of September 11th, has become the turning point for Bush administration to conduct a tough policy in order to fight terrorism. President George W. Bush has dramatically overreacted to the September 11 attacks. It is bitterly ironic that it was Bush’s statements condemning “secret evidence” policy and profiling that earned him the endorsement of the Muslim-American block vote in the last elections in the year 2000. However, today Bush administration expand these practices by conducting the USA PATRIOT Act with reckless abandon. The purpose of this research was to explore the problems faced by Muslim related to their position as minority in America and how they response to their problems.


Review Buku: Membongkar Keterlibatan Pejabat-Pejabat AS dalam Serangan 9/11
Rosita Dewi

Judul: The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Question about the Bush Administration and 9/11
Penulis: David Ray Griffin
Penerbit: Olive Branch Press, 2004
Tebal Buku: XXV + 214 halaman

Abstract
The attacks of September 11th, 2001 (9/11) have often compared with the attacks of Pearl Harbor because the American response to 9/11 attacks is similar with American response to Pearl Harbor. But actually these comparison is unjustified, because both events are in different conditions, and the attacks of 9/11 seems to be deliberated event. Because so many evidence pointed out to complicity of the US official in 9/11 attacks. There are at least eight possibilities of the US official complicity. These possibilities can be understood in many ways, several of them did not involved and several of them are involved in active planning.